* Around 30million more Christians than a year ago suffered from persecution
* Open Doors, a Dutch charity, published a report into Christian persecution
* It said millions more Christians in India and China had been targeted last year
Christians around the world suffered a huge increase in persecution last year - with around 30 million more people being targeted than in the previous year.
A report by Open Doors, a Dutch charity that supports persecuted Christians showed that in total, 245 million faced violence or oppression in 2018, with 73 countries listed as danger zones for Christians.
China has been named among the most dangerous places to be a Christian after new laws governing religious expression led to raids and the demolition of scores of churches.
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Update #1: Open Doors USA Reveals World's Worst Persecutors of Christians (CBN)
Update #2: Open Doors 2019 report: Persecution is on the rise globally (Christian Today).
WNU Editor: The Open Doors list of the worse offenders is here.
4 comments:
Mostly from Muslims.
When asked 'Do you work for Putin?'
'I don't work for Russia' isn't actually the correct answer to the question asked.
Islam, the religion of peace is mentioned an awful lot on that list. Must be fake news.
Remember Leah Sharibu.
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